Doctors express restrained optimism about the restoration of ex-coach Manchester United Alex Ferguson.

Alex Ferguson left the coma, reports The Daily Mail. The Scot managed to sit down and chat with relatives and friends.

Ex-trainer of the "red devils" will continue to be in the intensive care unit, but now doctors express restrained optimism about his recovery.

Ferguson got to the hospital and was operated on the fifth of May after a brain hemorrhage.

The Scot coached United from 1986 to 2013 and during this time won with the club 38 trophies.